1 Chronicles 19:13
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13 Be strong, and let us be courageous for our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”
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1 Corinthians 16:13
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13 Keep alert; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong.(A)
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Psalm 27:14
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14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the Lord!(A)
Nehemiah 4:14
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14 After I looked these things over, I stood up and said to the nobles and the officials and the rest of the people, “Do not be afraid of them. Remember the Lord, who is great and awesome, and fight for your kin, your sons, your daughters, your wives, and your households.”(A)
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2 Samuel 10:12
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12 Be strong, and let us be courageous for the sake of our people and for the cities of our God, and may the Lord do what seems good to him.”(A)
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Joshua 10:25
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25 And Joshua said to them, “Do not be afraid or dismayed; be strong and courageous, for thus the Lord will do to all the enemies against whom you fight.”(A)
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1 Samuel 4:9
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9 Take courage, and be men, O Philistines, in order not to become slaves to the Hebrews as they have been to you; be men and fight.”(A)
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Ezra 10:4
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4 Take action, for it is your duty, and we are with you; be strong, and do it.”(A)
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1 Samuel 17:32
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32 David said to Saul, “Let no one’s heart fail because of him; your servant will go and fight with this Philistine.”(A)
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Judges 10:15
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15 And the Israelites said to the Lord, “We have sinned; do to us whatever seems good to you, but deliver us this day!”(A)
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Joshua 1:7
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7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to act in accordance with all the law that my servant Moses commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, so that you may be successful wherever you go.(A)
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Deuteronomy 31:6-7
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6 Be strong and bold; have no fear or dread of them, because it is the Lord your God who goes with you; he will not fail you or forsake you.”(A)
7 Then Moses summoned Joshua and said to him in the sight of all Israel, “Be strong and bold, for you are the one who will go with this people into the land that the Lord has sworn to their ancestors to give them, and you will put them in possession of it.(B)
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Job 1:22
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22 In all this Job did not sin or charge God with wrongdoing.(A)
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2 Samuel 16:10-11
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10 But the king said, “What have I to do with you, you sons of Zeruiah? If he is cursing because the Lord has said to him, ‘Curse David,’ who then shall say, ‘Why have you done so?’ ”(A) 11 David said to Abishai and to all his servants, “My own son seeks my life; how much more now may this Benjaminite! Let him alone, and let him curse, for the Lord has bidden him.(B)
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2 Samuel 15:26
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26 But if he says, ‘I take no pleasure in you,’ here I am, let him do to me what seems good to him.”(A)
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1 Samuel 14:6-12
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6 Jonathan said to the young man who carried his armor, “Come, let us go over to the garrison of these uncircumcised; it may be that the Lord will act for us, for nothing can hinder the Lord from saving by many or by few.”(A) 7 His armor-bearer said to him, “Do all that your mind inclines to.[a] I am with you; as your mind is, so is mine.”[b] 8 Then Jonathan said, “Now we will cross over to those men and will show ourselves to them. 9 If they say to us, ‘Wait until we come to you,’ then we will stand still in our place, and we will not go up to them. 10 But if they say, ‘Come up to us,’ then we will go up, for the Lord has given them into our hand. That will be the sign for us.”(B) 11 So both of them showed themselves to the garrison of the Philistines, and the Philistines said, “Look, Hebrews are coming out of the holes where they have hidden themselves.”(C) 12 The men of the garrison hailed Jonathan and his armor-bearer, saying, “Come up to us, and we will show you something.” Jonathan said to his armor-bearer, “Come up after me, for the Lord has given them into the hand of Israel.”(D)
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1 Samuel 3:18
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18 So Samuel told him everything and hid nothing from him. Then he said, “It is the Lord; let him do what seems good to him.”(A)
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